1 ADeut 15:10; Prov 19:17; Matt 10:42; Gal 6:9; Heb 6:10Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you ADeut 15:10; Prov 19:17; Matt 10:42; Gal 6:9; Heb 6:10will find it 1Lit in, withinafter many days. 2 APs 112:9; Matt 5:42; Luke 6:30; 1 Tim 6:18, 19Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what BEccl 11:8; 12:1misfortune may occur on the earth. 3 If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it 1Lit islies. 4 He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap. 5 Just as you do not AJohn 3:8know 1Or with many mss how the spirit enters the bones in the wombthe path of the wind and BPs 139:13-16how bones are formed in the womb of the 2Lit fullpregnant woman, so you do not CEccl 1:13; 3:10, 11; 8:17know the activity of God who makes all things.

6 Sow your seed AEccl 9:10in the morning and do not 1Lit let down your handbe idle in the evening, for you do not know whether 2Lit this or thatmorning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.

7 The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to AEccl 6:5; 7:11see the sun. 8 Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him AEccl 9:7rejoice in them all, and let him remember the BEccl 12:1days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.

9 Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the 1Lit waysimpulses of your heart and the 2Lit sightsANum 15:39; Job 31:7; Eccl 2:10desires of your eyes. Yet know that BEccl 3:17; 12:14; Rom 14:10God will bring you to judgment for all these things. 10 So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away 1Lit evilA2 Cor 7:1; 2 Tim 2:22pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.